How to install latest version of git on CentOS 7.x/6.x

Question

I used the usual:

yum install git

It did not install the latest version of git on my CentOS 6. How can I update to the latest version of git for CentOS 6? The solution can be applicable to newer versions of CentOS such as CentOS 7.

Answer 1

For this, you need to install WANDisco repo package

Install WANDisco repo package using:

yum install http://opensource.wandisco.com/centos/6/git/x86_64/wandisco-git-release-6-1.noarch.rpm  

or 

yum install http://opensource.wandisco.com/centos/7/git/x86_64/wandisco-git-release-7-1.noarch.rpm  

or

yum install http://opensource.wandisco.com/centos/7/git/x86_64/wandisco-git-release-7-2.noarch.rpm

Install the latest version of Git 2.x:

yum install git

Verify the version of Git that was installed:

git --version